Polishing-brush.



J. E. DOYLB. POLISHING BRUSH.` APPLIOATION PILrn APB. a, 1999. Y -`946,938. Patented Jan. 18.1910.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOI-IN H. DOYLE, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

POLISHING-BRUSH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Jol-1N HoL'roN DoYLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Polishing- Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoe polishing brushes.

One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable and efficient device for polishing shoes or other articles.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a brush of the nature stated embodying such characteristics that its polishing means may be quickly and readily removed from the brush to permit of the insertion of a new polishing means when desired.

lith the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, size and minor details without departing from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing in dotted lines how the polishing means may be removed from its holder. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line ct--a of Fig. l.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, there is shown a holder which performs not only the function of a holder, but also the function of a handle consisting of a back l and end members 2 and 3, the former having a tapering socket 4l formed in its inner face and the latter end 3 having a perforation 5 formed therethrough in alinement with said socket 4.

The character G indicates a rod which is adapted to be passed through the aperture and which has a pointed or tapering end 7 adapted to lit snugly in the tapering socket l of the end piece 2, the opposite end of the rod 6 being screw threaded, as shown, and of a diameter less than the diameter of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 3, 1909.

Patented J an. i8, 191).

Serial No. 487,702.

aperture 5, so that the rod 6 may be tilted, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, whenever the pointed end 7 thereof is withdrawn from the socket 4.

Torking upon the screw threads of the rod G is a nut 8 which is adapted to be worked into and out of engagement with the inner face of the end piece 3 to lock the rod G and hold its tapering end 7 in the socket l or to permit of the withdrawal of the tapering end 7 from the socket il, as the case may be. Thus, in order to place the polishing means, which in this instance consists of a plurality of rectangular or other shaped pieces of fabric 9, the nut 8 is so manipulated as to permit of the withdrawal of the tapering end 7 of the rod from its socket 4, so that the rod may assume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The pieces of fabric 9 are then inserted, one after another, or several pieces at a time, until the rod has been supplied with the requisite number of pieces of fabric sufficient to permit the device to perform its function. The tapering end 7 facilitates the disposition of t-he pieces of fabric 9 upon the rod, in view of which and the fact that. the tapering end 7 facilitates seating of the rod in the socket 4L, it consequently has a dual function. As soon as the required number of pieces of fabric have been placed upon the rod 6, the tapering end 7 is seated in the socket 4. The nut is then manipulated so that it may bear tightly against the inner face of the end piece 3 and thereby hold the rod G against accidental displacement.. There is usually a suflicient number of fabric pieces 9 on the rod 6 to provide for a bearing of one end piece against the nut S, which will positively prevent the nut S from unscrewing and moving away from the inner face of the end piece 3. The fabric will of coursepermit of a pinching-like action from end to end as to withdraw the corresponding end fabric piece 9 away from the nut 8 to permit of manual operation of the latter when desired.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by virtue of the perforation 5 being of greater diameter in cross section than the cross sectional diameter of the rod 6, that the latter may be readily tilted, so that T provide a device wherein T am enabled to easily and quickly supply the same with polishing means, either in the first instance or in the event that it is desired to remove torn or worn pieces of fabric and insert new pieces.

lV hat is claimed is:-

l. A shoe polishing brush comprising a body having end pieces, one end piece having a perforation and the other end piece having a tapering` socket in its inner face in alinement with said perforation, a rod passed through said perforation and having a tapering end for removable engagement in said socket, the opposite end of the rod being screw-threaded, a nut on said screw threaded portion of the rod for movement into and out of engagement with the inner face of the perforated end of the body, and polishing means carried by said rod and one end of the polishing means adapted to bear against said nut to prevent accidental turning of the latter.

2. A shoe polishing brush comprising a body having end pieces, one end piece having a perforation and the other end piece having a tapering` socket in its inner face in alinement with said perforation, a rod passed through said perforation and having a tapering end for engagement in said socket, the cross sectional diameter of the rod being less than the cross sectional diameter of said perforation so that the rod may be tilted when its tapering end is removed from said tapered socket, means to prevent accidental removal of the taperingend of the rod from said socket, and polishing means carried by said rod.

3. A polishing brush comprising a body having end pieces, one end piece having` a perforation and the other end piece having a socket in its inner face in alinement with said perforation, a rod disposed in said perforation with one end adapted to engage in said socket, means to prevent accidental disengagement of the rod from said socket, and polishing means carried by the rod.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. DOYLE.

Vitnesses GEORGE OL'rsoH, G. M. COLE. 

